West Germany and Germany
| YEAR | MALE | FEMALE |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Gottfried von Cramm | Marga Petersen |
| 1948 | Gottfried von Cramm | Mirl Buchner-Fischer |
| 1949 | Georg Meier | Lena Stumpf |
| 1950 | Herbert Klein | Ria Baran-Falk |
| 1951 | Paul Falk | Ria Baran-Falk |
| 1952 | Karl Kling | Ria Baran-Falk |
| 1953 | Werner Haas | Christa Seliger |
| 1954 | Heinz Fütterer | Ursula Happe |
| 1955 | Hans Günter Winkler | Helene Kienzle |
| 1956 | Hans Günter Winkler | Ursula Happe |
| 1957 | Manfred Germar | Wiltrud Urselmann |
| 1958 | Fritz Thiedemann | Marianne Werner |
| 1959 | Martin Lauer | Marika Kilius |
| 1960 | Georg Thoma | Ingrid Krämer |
| 1961 | Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips | Heidi Schmid |
| 1962 | Gerhard Hetz | Jutta Heine |
| 1963 | Gerhard Hetz | Ursel Brunner |
| 1964 | Willi Holdorf | Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann |
| 1965 | Hans-Joachim Klein | Helga Hoffmann |
| 1966 | Rudi Altig | Helga Hoffmann Karin Frisch |
| 1967 | Kurt Bendlin | Liesel Westermann |
| 1968 | Franz Keller | Ingrid Becker |
| 1969 | Hans Fassnacht | Liesel Westermann |
| 1970 | Hans Fassnacht | Heide Rosendahl |
| 1971 | Hans Fassnacht | Ingrid Mickler-Becker |
| 1972 | Klaus Wolfermann | Heide Rosendahl |
| 1973 | Klaus Wolfermann | Uta Schorn |
| 1974 | Eberhard Gienger | Christel Justen |
| 1975 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | Ellen Wellmann |
| 1976 | Gregor Braun | Rosi Mittermaier |
| 1977 | Dietrich Thurau | Eva Wilms |
| 1978 | Eberhard Gienger | Maria Epple |
| 1979 | Harald Schmid | Christa Kinshofer |
| 1980 | Guido Kratschmer | Irene Epple |
| 1981 | Toni Mang | Ulrike Meyfarth |
| 1982 | Michael Groß | Ulrike Meyfarth |
| 1983 | Michael Groß | Ulrike Meyfarth |
| 1984 | Michael Groß | Ulrike Meyfarth |
| 1985 | Boris Becker | Cornelia Hanisch |
| 1986 | Boris Becker | Steffi Graf |
| 1987 | Harald Schmid | Steffi Graf |
| 1988 | Michael Groß | Steffi Graf |
| 1989 | Boris Becker | Steffi Graf |
| 1990 | Boris Becker | Katrin Krabbe |
| 1991 | Michael Stich | Katrin Krabbe |
| 1992 | Dieter Baumann | Heike Henkel |
| 1993 | Henry Maske | Franziska van Almsick |
| 1994 | Markus Wasmeier | Katja Seizinger |
| 1995 | Michael Schumacher | Franziska van Almsick |
| 1996 | Frank Busemann | Katja Seizinger |
| 1997 | Jan Ullrich | Astrid Kumbernuss |
| 1998 | Georg Hackl | Katja Seizinger |
| 1999 | Martin Schmitt | Steffi Graf |
| 2000 | Nils Schumann | Heike Drechsler |
| 2001 | Erik Zabel | Hannah Stockbauer |
| 2002 | Sven Hannawald | Franziska van Almsick |
| 2003 | Jan Ullrich | Hannah Stockbauer |
| 2004 | Michael Schumacher | Birgit Fischer |
| 2005 | Ronny Ackermann | Uschi Disl |
| 2006 | Michael Greis | Kati Wilhelm |
| 2007 | Fabian Hambüchen | Magdalena Neuner |
| 2008 | Matthias Steiner | Britta Steffen |
| 2009 | Paul Biedermann | Steffi Nerius |
| 2010 | Sebastian Vettel | Maria Riesch |
| 2011 | Dirk Nowitzki | Magdalena Neuner |
| 2012 | Robert Harting | Magdalena Neuner |
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Famous quotes containing the words west and/or germany:
“We were young, we were merry, we were very very wise,
And the door stood open at our feast,
When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,
And a man with his back to the East.”
—Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
“It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)